The MRI
2026–27 · Week 3

Eastern Kentucky

UAC · 2–1

Power-7.8#263 of 365
Résumé-0.31#252 · wins above average
Movement+3up from #266 last week
Best winKentucky Christian (105–54)
Worst lossGeorgia Tech (71–85)
Schedule faced-23.4 avg opponent
Schedule ahead-8.6 avg opponent
Returning production21% of last season's win shares · #185 of 364 · counted against its preseason rating
Incoming production2.5 win shares from other schools' players

How this rating is built

Power = w × (average margin counted + average opponent rating) + (1 − w) × preseason prior, where w = games ÷ (games + 8). After 3 games, w is 27%, so the preseason prior is 73% of this rating — mostly preseason, for now. Every game played shrinks that share.

PartValueWeightAdds
Margin counted+20.5 avg× 27%+5.6
Opponents faced-23.4 avg× 27%-6.4
Preseason prior-9.6× 73%-7.0
Power-7.8

This explains how the model reached the number. The opponent ratings come out of the same fitted model, so it is not independent proof that the rating is right.

Results

Expected is the margin the model's ratings imply for that matchup and site. Perf is how far the actual margin beat it — the result against expectation. Adds is a different question: how many points of Power the game contributes, counting its margin and the strength of the opponent together. A game can beat expectation and still add little, or the reverse. Adds, plus the preseason prior, sum to Power (figures are rounded so the column adds up). Hover an Adds figure for its arithmetic.

WkOpponentResult ExpectedPerfAdds
2 vs Kentucky Christian non-D1 W 105–54 +28.4 +22.6 +0.1
2 vs Midway University non-D1 W 106–68 +28.4 +9.6 -0.1
3 at Georgia Tech L 71–85 -14.5 +0.5 -0.8
Preseason prior (73% of the rating)-7.0
Power-7.8

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs Kentucky State non-D1 +28.4 100%
4 at Kent State -9.7 19%
4 vs Bellarmine +3.8 64%
4 vs Alice Lloyd College non-D1 +28.4 100%
5 at Miami (OH) -18.2 5%
5 vs Tennessee Tech +2.0 57%
9 at Air Force +0.0 50%
11 at Austin Peay -11.3 15%

Season by season

Best finish: #77 in 2012–13. 22 seasons rated. The two columns' numbers are not comparable; the rank within each is. Season links open that year's game log.

25 1 400 2004–05 (MRI Classic): #113 of 326 (22-9)2005–06 (MRI Classic): #234 of 326 (14-16)2006–07 (MRI Classic): #156 of 326 (21-12)2007–08 (MRI Classic): #231 of 328 (14-16)2008–09 (MRI Classic): #156 of 330 (18-13)2009–10 (MRI Classic): #152 of 335 (20-13)2010–11 (MRI Classic): #232 of 346 (15-16)2011–12 (MRI Classic): #233 of 345 (16-16)2012–13 (MRI Classic): #77 of 347 (22-9)2013–14 (MRI Classic): #90 of 351 (24-10)2014–15 (MRI Classic): #95 of 351 (21-12)2015–16 (MRI Classic): #192 of 351 (15-16)2016–17 (MRI Classic): #302 of 351 (12-19)2017–18 (MRI Classic): #281 of 351 (11-20)2018–19 (MRI Classic): #232 of 353 (11-18)2019–20 (MRI Classic): #271 of 353 (14-17)2020–21 (MRI 2.0): #135 of 347 (22-7)2021–22 (MRI 2.0): #207 of 358 (13-18)2022–23 (MRI 2.0): #151 of 363 (23-14)2023–24 (MRI 2.0): #173 of 362 (17-14)2024–25 (MRI 2.0): #188 of 364 (18-14)2025–26 (MRI 2.0): #271 of 365 (11-21) MRI 2.0Classic 2004–05 2025–26

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 400 — this team's own range, not the size of the field. Two lines where both ratings cover a season - MRI 2.0 in red, Classic in grey. Hover a point for the season.

SeasonRec MRI 2.0MRI Classic
2025–26 11–21 #271 of 365 · -7.76 –
2024–25 18–14 #188 of 364 · -1.67 –
2023–24 17–14 #173 of 362 · -0.48 –
2022–23 23–14 #151 of 363 · 1.08 –
2021–22 13–18 #207 of 358 · -2.37 –
2020–21 22–7 #135 of 347 · 2.54 –
2019–20 14–17 – #271 of 353 · -11.04
2018–19 11–18 – #232 of 353 · 2.36
2017–18 11–20 – #281 of 351 · -13.48
2016–17 12–19 – #302 of 351 · -26.70
2015–16 15–16 – #192 of 351 · 25.11
2014–15 21–12 – #95 of 351 · 72.71
2013–14 24–10 – #90 of 351 · 73.84
2012–13 22–9 – #77 of 347 · 74.30
2011–12 16–16 – #233 of 345 · 7.57
2010–11 15–16 – #232 of 346 · 7.93
2009–10 20–13 – #152 of 335 · 43.89
2008–09 18–13 – #156 of 330 · 38.96
2007–08 14–16 – #231 of 328 · 0.35
2006–07 21–12 – #156 of 326 · 34.99
2005–06 14–16 – #234 of 326 · 1.12
2004–05 22–9 – #113 of 326 · 53.31